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Get More: VH1 Rock Docs, Roc Doc Hip Hop LA Riots , Rock Docs , Roc Docs video , Rock Docs show  Twenty years ago this Sunday, violence erupted on the streets of Los Angeles. Tensions had been building for years between communities of color and the police.

On Friday's Afternoon Shift, we talk about what it takes to get past your worries.

Jimmy Santiago Baca has won loads of awards for his writing—the Pushcart Prize, the National Poetry Award and the International Hispanic Heritage Award, just to name a few. But Baca didn’t learn to read and write in school. In fact, nobody taught him. He taught himself while serving time in prison as a teen.

We may be home to the third-largest African American population in the United States, but some—like the Chicago Tribune’s Christopher Borelli--say African Americans are missing from leadership roles in the kitchen. 

Attorneys delivered opening statements in the retrial of seven-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens this week.

On Thursday's Afternoon Shift we talk about a city of scoundrels, a fake Lincoln, a lying pitcher and a dearth of diversity running kitchens.Listen to the first hour of the show here:   Listen to the second hour of the show here:   

We shift gears today to talk about the topics of the day with two politicians: former Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica and Alderman Joe Moreno.